Days after the India and the US introduced a ‘historic’ commerce deal, the US Customs and Border Safety on Tuesday notified the removing of 25 per cent extra tariffs on Indian items.
Referring to a White Home assertion, the Customs division stated that duties could be eliminated for merchandise from India which enter for consumption or are withdrawn from warehouse on or after February 7.
The Customs division launch got here after US President Donald Trump signed an govt order on Friday final week eliminating the 25 per cent tariff penalty imposed on India in August, 2025 over the acquisition of Russian oil.
This comes after US President Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced that India and the US had agreed on a commerce deal that might see tariffs on India diminished from 50% to 18%.
What US Customs launch stated
The Customs and Border Safety doc stated the extra 25% tariff responsibility wouldn’t be relevant to India, including that the reciprocal tariff will stay in place.
In an up to date steering modifying the extra duties on imports from India, the US Customs acknowledged, “Merchandise of India entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after 12:01 a.m. japanese time on February 7, 2026, are now not topic to the extra advert valorem responsibility charge of 25 p.c imposed by EO 14329, “Addressing Threats to the US by the Authorities of the Russian Federation” signed on August 6, 2025. Consequently, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the US (HTSUS) headings 9903.01.84-9903.01.89 are now not in use as of February 7, 2026.”
It additional acknowledged, “The Reciprocal Tariffs imposed by EO 14257, “Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Commerce Practices That Contribute to Massive and Persistent Annual United States Items Commerce Deficits,” as amended, stay in impact for merchandise of India that don’t qualify for an exemption.”
In his govt order, Trump repeated the declare that India would cease buying Russian oil and growing vitality purchases from US. The order additional acknowledged that India had additionally “just lately dedicated to a framework with the US to increase protection cooperation over the following 10 years.”
Whereas India has not confirmed the halt of Russian vitality buy, New Delhi has signalled an openness to the rise in vitality buy from US and Venezuela.
India and US finalised the framework for an interim commerce deal final week, which included the discount of US tariffs on Indian items. Underneath the settlement, India can even be eradicating and lowering tariffs on US industrial, meals and agricultural items. Whereas there was no specified timeline for it, as soon as the interim framework is carried out, the US can also be anticipated finish reciprocal tariffs on Indian items resembling medicines, gem stones and diamonds, and plane elements.
